The 84th Infantry Division In The Battle Of Germany, November 1944-May 1945 CONTENTS page Foreword by Major General Bolling vii Note ix The Infantry Division x The Units xv Introduction 1 Part One: THE SIEGFRIED LINE I. The Big Picture 9 II. Prummem 22 III. Geilenkirchen 37 IV. Lindem 49 V. Goodbye to the Siegfried Line 65 Part Two: THE ARDENNES VI. At All Costs 83 VII. The Battle of the Bulge 104 Part Three: TO THE RHINE VIII. The Battle behind the Battle 131 IX. Across the Roer 143 X. The Break-through 160 XL At the Rhine 174 Part Four: TO THE ELBE XII. Across the Rhine 195 XIII. Across the Weser 207 XIV. Elbe, We Are Here 225 XV. Another Journey’s End 240 Appendix I Commendations and Citations 49 Appendix II Command of the 84th Infantry Division, 1 October 1944 to 8 May 1945 255 Attachments and Detachments, 10 November 1944 to 8 May 1945 259 Detachments of the Organic Units of the 84th Infantry Division 260 Corps and Armies to Which the 84th Infantry Division Was Attached, 12 November 1944 to 8 May 1945 260 COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF PAINTINGS A GI in the Siegfried Line following page 20 Life in the Ardennes 84 The Horse-and-Sled Ambulance 84 Crossing the Roer 148 The Division CP in Krefeld 164 The Tank-Infantry Team 212 PHOTOGRAPHS AND WASH DRAWINGS Camp Claiborne, Louisiana page xvi, xvii Crossing the Atlantic xviii Part I. The Siegfried Line following page 68 “Dragon's teeth" • Mud and foxholes • Rolling country • Light machine gun crew • Covered foxhole • Forward artillery observers • Another type of forward OP • Wire communications • Signal Company pole • Medics • Prisoners • Pillboxes from a distance • German dugout • Typical pillbox • Bad tank country • Mud decides • Geilenkirchen • Traffic jam • German soldier • Lindem • Red Cross clubmobile Part II. The Ardennes following page 116 Marche • MPs check traffic • “Verdenne pocket" • Menil • Snow • Machine gun position • Anti-tank gun • Food — foxhole and kitchen • The way to Laroche • The way to Samrae • Riflemen advance • Typical terrain, near Marcourt • Crossroad turning point • Evacuating wounded • Laroche • Drive to Houffalize • Jeep casualty • Recaptured jeep • First and Third Army patrols link Part III. To the Rhine following page 180 Aerial view, Roer Valley • Submerged highway bridge • Site of Roer crossing • Line up for the crossing • Artillery preparation • Bridge equipment • Infantry support bridge • Assault boat and footbridge crossing • Cars on treadway bridge • One assault boat • Entering Korrenzig • Prisoners • German ammunition cart • Baal • Granterath • Infantry on tanks • Follow-up units • Captured bicycles • Waldniel • Krefeld • Mors • Two-way traffic • Rhine bridge • Baptism • Red Cross girls Part IV. To the Elbe following page 244 Rhine crossing, Wesel • Weser crossing • Aerial view, Weser crossing • Infantry support bridge • Captured cars and busses • Autobahn • Prisoners • Civilians • Liberated PW s • Concentration camp • Hannover • Celebration in Salzwedel • Guards' whips • New quarters • Band concert • Germans at the Elbe • Colonel and "field wife" • Trek to the rear • Link up with the Red Army • Troop review • Russian and American officers • Russian DFs • German hospital ships • U.S.O. show • Generals Gillem and Bolling MAPS 1. The War in Europe, November 16, 1944 - page 12 2. Operation Clipper 14 3. The First Action 19 4. The Siegfried Line - following page 36 5. The Battle of Lindem - page 60 6. The Battle of the Bulge 85 7. The Counter-Reconnaissance Screen 93 8. The Ardennes: Defensive Phase 96 9. The Ardennes: Offensive Phase 107 10. Beho to Gouvy to Omthe 123 11. Operation Grenade 146 12. Waldniel to Sichtela 169 13. Across the Weser 208 14. The Capture of Hannover 221 15. From the Siegfried Line to the Elbe 228 16. To the Elbe - following page 228 THE UNITS If there are any leading characters in this story, they are the units of the Division. In the 84th Infantry Division, the cast of characters was: 333rd Infantry Regiment 334th Infantry Regiment 335th Infantry Regiment 84th Division Artillery 325th Field Artillery Battalion 326th Field Artillery Battalion 909th Field Artillery Battalion 309th Engineer Combat Battalion 309th Medical Battalion 84th Reconnaissance Troop 84th Division Headquarters Company 84th Quartermaster Company 84th Signal Company 784th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 557th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (attached) 638th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached) 771st Tank Battalion (attached)

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